Information management system for home appliance

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to information management systems for a home appliance, and more particularly, to an information management system for embodying communication between a home appliance and a wireless terminal and between the home appliance and an external service business operator server possible for providing information a user requires quickly and remote management of the home appliance.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of the Patent Korean ApplicationNos. 10-2011-0083493, 10-2011-0083494, 10-2011-0083496, 10-2011-0083497,10-2011-0083498 filed on Aug. 22, 2011, which is hereby incorporated byreference as if fully set forth herein.

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

1. Field of the Disclosure

The present invention relates to information management systems for ahome appliance, and more particularly, to an information managementsystem for embodying communication between a home appliance and awireless terminal and between the home appliance and an external servicebusiness operator server possible for providing information a userrequires quickly and remote management of the home appliance.

2. Discussion of the Related Art

The home appliance in a home performs a function of each of the homeappliances, such as a refrigerator, a washing machine, and an airconditioner to provide convenience to a user.

Currently, the home appliances in the home form, so called ‘HomeNetwork’ in which the home appliances are connected with one network,enabling the user to control the home appliance in the home through thehome network, remotely.

With this, even if the user is out of the home, the user can turn on/offthe home appliance, or control the function of the home appliance.

However, the home appliance control through the home network has alimitation in that the control can not but be limited to an originalfunction of the home appliance.

Currently, though home appliances which provide convenient functionsother than the original functions of the home appliances come to marketplaces according to a trend that the home appliances in the home arechanged to be smart, since the home appliances provide additionalfunctions individually without joining to the home network, the homeappliances have a problem in that the home appliances have a limitationin creation of a synergy effect together with other home appliances.

SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an informationmanagement system for a home appliance.

An object of the present invention is to provide an informationmanagement system for a home appliance, in which communication isestablished between the home appliance and a wireless terminal to enableto transmit/receive different pieces of information and different kindsof signal for enhancing user's convenience.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an informationmanagement system for a home appliance, in which communication isestablished between the home appliance and a server of an externalservice business operator to enable to transmit/receive different piecesof information and different kinds of signal for enhancing user'sconvenience.

Additional advantages, objects, and features of the disclosure will beset forth in part in the description which follows and in part willbecome apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art uponexamination of the following or may be learned from practice of theinvention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention may berealized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in thewritten description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings.

To achieve these objects and other advantages and in accordance with thepurpose of the invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, aninformation management system for a home appliance includes a homeappliance having a communication unit, a display unit, and apredetermined device ID, a wireless terminal having a communication unitfor communication with the communication unit in the home appliance anda display unit, the wireless terminal interlocked with the homeappliance for receiving information or a signal generated at the homeappliance, or transmitting information or a signal generated at thewireless terminal in a direction of the home appliance, and a serversystem provided to be able to communicate with the home appliance andthe wireless terminal, the server system having the device ID storedtherein, wherein the communication unit in the home appliance and thecommunication unit in the wireless terminal receive/transmit a signalafter a mutual authentication procedure between the home appliance andthe wireless terminal and the server system is completed, and theinformation or signal generated at the home appliance is displayed onthe display unit in the wireless terminal, or the information or signalgenerated at the wireless terminal is displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance, or changes operational state of the home appliance.

The wireless terminal further includes an input unit, wherein, by theinformation or signal inputted through the input unit in the wirelessterminal, the home appliance is remotely controlled, or a stateinformation of the home appliance is displayed on the display unit inthe wireless terminal.

The home appliance includes a cooking machine or a washing machine, and,if the user sets an operation condition through the input unit in thewireless terminal, the cooking machine or the washing machine is drivenaccording to the operation condition, and, if the operation of thecooking machine or the washing machine is finished, the cooking machineor the washing machine informs the wireless terminal of the operationfinish.

The information management system further includes an input unit in thehome appliance, wherein, if it is set to generate predeterminedinformation or signal and transmit the same to the wireless terminalwith the input unit in the home appliance, the information or signal isdisplayed on the display unit in the wireless terminal.

The information is schedule information or message information.

The information management system further includes an input unit in thehome appliance, wherein, if it is set to generate a signal whichrequests position information on the wireless terminal and transmit thesignal to the wireless terminal with the input unit in the homeappliance, the position signal is transmitted from the wireless terminalin a direction of the home appliance, and a position of the wirelessterminal is displayed on the display unit in the home appliance.

The home appliance includes a refrigerator, and, if any one of therefrigerator and the wireless terminal is manipulated to generate orupdate already stored food information or a shopping wish listinformation, the already stored food information or the shopping wishlist information is transmitted to the other one of the refrigerator andthe wireless terminal.

If a photograph of a product intended to put in the wish list is takenwith a camera and the product taken is recognized, the wish list isupdated according to a result of the recognition, and, if there istransmission request, the wish list updated thus is transmitted to thewireless terminal and displayed thereon.

If the wireless terminal recognizes a receipt of a product the userbought, information on bought goods on the receipt is transmitted to therefrigerator, and the refrigerator generates or updates a stored goodslist to which the bought goods are reflected.

The refrigerator generates an expected wish list taking a buy pattern orperiod of the user into account, and, if the user selects goods from theexpected wish list, the wish list is updated to include the goodsselected thus, and the wish list updated thus is transmitted to thewireless terminal.

The information management system further includes a sensor unitprovided to the home appliance, wherein, if it is set to sense amalfunction of the home appliance with the sensor unit, and a datasensed thus is transmitted to the wireless terminal, the malfunction ofthe home appliance is displayed on the display unit in the wirelessterminal.

The information management system further includes an input unitprovided to the wireless terminal, a camera provided to the homeappliance, and a driving unit for moving the home appliance, wherein, ifan order for monitoring and photograph taking a space the home applianceis installed thereto is inputted with the input unit in the wirelessterminal, the driving unit in the home appliance and the camera areoperated to take a photograph of the space, and an image or video takenthus is transmitted to the wireless terminal.

In another aspect of the present invention, an information managementsystem for a home appliance includes a home appliance having an inputunit, a display unit, a communication unit, and a predetermined ID, aserver system having the ID of the home appliance recorded thereon, andprovided to enable to communicate with the home appliance for enablingto exchange predetermined information with the home appliance accordingto request from the home appliance related to the ID already recorded,and a wireless terminal provided with a communication unit provided tocommunicate with the home appliance, an input unit, and a display unit,and synchronized with the home appliance, wherein the home appliance andthe wireless terminal are provided to enable to communicate with apredetermined external service business operator server through theserver system, and, if the user requests the external service businessoperator server to provide information through the home appliance or thewireless terminal, after mutual authentication between the homeappliance or the wireless terminal and the server system or the externalservice business operator server is completed, the external servicebusiness operator server transmits information requested thus to thehome appliance or the wireless terminal.

The external service business operator server includes a shoppinginformation providing server, wherein the shopping information providingserver provides product sale information, optimal shopping movement pathinformation, recipe information, product information required for therecipe, seasonal fruit sale information, or discount coupon informationaccording to information providing request from the user, and theinformation is displayed on the display unit in the home appliance orthe wireless terminal.

The external service business operator server includes a restaurantinformation providing server, wherein the restaurant informationproviding server provides restaurant information, restaurant priceinformation, and recommendable restaurant information according touser's request for information, and the information is displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance or the wireless terminal.

The external service business operator server includes a health carebusiness operator server, wherein the health care business operatorserver provides allergy causing food information related to the user,medicine intaking time information, treatment guide informationaccording to kinds of accidents, health food information related to aparticular symptom, medicine in taking instruction information relatedto prescription, information matched to a number of weeks of pregnancy,restaurant information related to a health menu, or recommendable dishand recipe information matched to the health information, and theinformation provided thus is displayed on the display unit in the homeappliance or the wireless terminal.

The home appliance includes a washing machine, and the external servicebusiness operator server includes a weather information providingserver, wherein the weather information providing server providesoptimal washing time point information related to weather, recommendablespinning RPM information, and drying information, and the information isdisplayed on the display unit of the washing machine or the wirelessterminal, and the washing machine is controlled according to theinformation provided thus, automatically.

The home appliance includes an air cleaner, and the external servicebusiness operator server includes a weather information providingserver, wherein the weather information providing server provides yellowsand information, the information is displayed on the display unit inthe air cleaner or the wireless terminal, and the air cleaner isoperated during a yellow sand warning period according to theinformation provided thus, automatically.

The external service business operator server includes a schoolinformation providing server, wherein the school information providingserver provides grade information, school meal menu information, orschool bus arrival time notifying service, and the information providedthus is displayed on the display unit in the home appliance or thewireless terminal.

The external service business operator server includes a livinginformation providing server, wherein the living information providingserver provides online cooking lecture information, stock information,electric power information, traffic information, or fashion information,and the information provided thus is displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance or the wireless terminal.

As has been described, in a case the home appliance is a cookingmachine, if the user sets cooking time period and temperature of thecooking machine, since the cooking machine is controlled remotely to setthe cooking time period and temperature, cooking can be made even froman outside of a home, easily.

And, if the home appliance is a washing machine, since the user can seta washing course and washing time with the wireless terminal to controlthe washing machine, washing can be made even from an outside of a home,easily.

And, if the home appliance is a plurality of commercial washingmachines, available washing machine can be known easily, and, since useof the washing machine of the user by other can be known, the laundrystolen by other can be prevented.

And, the present invention permits to hold of schedule information orposition information of family members.

And, the present invention permits to transmits/receives a buying listor a wish list generated or updated by the user between the refrigeratorand the wireless terminal, easily.

And, the present invention permits to check the inside of the homeappliance by a data taken by the camera without opening the door on thehome appliance.

And, the present invention permits continuous monitoring of an inside ofthe house even if the user is outside of the house.

And, the present invention permits to prevent negligent accident fromtaking place by detecting and informing the user of a baby or a child inthe washing machine before the negligent accident takes place.

And, the present invention permits to obtain shopping information orcoupon information related to goods on the wish list, easily.

And, the present invention permits to obtain restaurant information oreven menu price information on a particular restaurant within apredetermined distance from a point the user designates.

And, the present invention permits the user to be provided withconvenience of receiving recommendable restaurant information accordingto a mood of the user.

And, the present invention permits the user to be provided with medicineintaking time information, or medicine intaking instruction service byaccessing to the health care information providing server.

And, the present invention permits the user to be provided withtreatment guide for treating an accident if any, information on food anddrink good for a body if a particular symptom takes place, or eveninformation on recommendable food and drink or a recipe according to auser's health state.

And, the present invention permits to access to weather information withthe home appliance or the wireless terminal, easily.

And, the present invention permits to devise convenience of the usersince the optimal washing time point can be known taking a weatherchange time point and a time period required for the washing intoaccount, if there is a weather forecast that cloudy weather will changeto a fine weather.

And, the present invention permits to maximize convenience of operationof the home appliance according to weather because control of aparticular home appliance can be performed based on weather information.

And, the present invention permits to enhance user's convenience byputting the air cleaner into operation automatically if there is yellowsand, or operating a drying function of the washing machine additionallyif the weather is cloudy or rainy.

And, the present invention permits the user to access to differentpieces of necessary living information by receiving the same from theexternal service business operator server through the home appliance orthe wireless terminal.

In detail, if the external service business operator server includes theschool server, the user can receive a report card of a child, a schoolmeal menu, or school bus arrival notification service.

And, the user may receive set news from the news server.

And, the present invention permits to solve a problem through theexternal service business operator server if a living problem, such asblocked pipe, takes place.

And, the present invention permits the user to receive guide informationon power saving operation by receiving electric charge information, aswell as traffic information, coordination information proper to a seasonor weather, menu information proper to a season, and so on.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description andthe following detailed description of the present invention areexemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide furtherexplanation of the invention as claimed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute apart of this application, illustrate embodiment(s) of the disclosure andtogether with the description serve to explain the principle of thedisclosure.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 illustrates a block diagram of control of the present invention.

FIG. 3 illustrates a diagram showing a registration process of userinformation and home appliance information in the present invention.

FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram showing a deleting process of userinformation and home appliance information in the present invention.

FIG. 5 illustrates a diagram showing installation of an exclusiveapplication to a wireless terminal and receiving service accordingly inthe present invention.

FIG. 6 illustrates a diagram showing a cooking machine controlledremotely in the present invention.

FIG. 7 illustrates a diagram showing a washing machine controlledremotely in the present invention.

FIG. 8 illustrates a diagram showing remote notice of information oncommercial washing machines in the present invention.

FIG. 9 illustrates a diagram showing that information on operation of aplurality of home appliances can be noticed with a wireless terminalremotely in the present invention.

FIG. 10 illustrates a diagram showing edition of courses of a washingmachine in the present invention.

FIG. 11 illustrates a diagram showing a laundry washing courserecommended by using a tag on the laundry in the present invention.

FIG. 12 illustrates a diagram showing family member schedules shared incommon in the present invention.

FIG. 13 illustrates a diagram showing a message shared in common in thepresent invention.

FIG. 14 illustrates a diagram showing information on family memberpositions shared in common in the present invention.

FIG. 15 illustrates a diagram showing stored food or a wish list managedin the present invention.

FIG. 16 illustrates a diagram showing a wish list managed with referenceto a recipe in the present invention.

FIG. 17 illustrates a diagram showing a wish list managed with referenceto a taken photograph data in the present invention.

FIG. 18 illustrates a diagram showing a stored food list managed withreference to perception of receipts in the present invention.

FIG. 19 illustrates a diagram showing a wish list managed with referenceto a buying pattern or period in the present invention.

FIG. 20 illustrates a diagram showing monitoring of an inside state of ahome appliance in the present invention.

FIG. 21 illustrates a diagram showing monitoring of an inside state of ahouse in the present invention.

FIG. 22 illustrates a diagram showing monitoring of malfunction of ahome appliance for prevention of a negligent accident in the presentinvention.

FIG. 23 illustrates a diagram showing providing a recommended menu withreference to health information in the present invention.

FIG. 24 illustrates a diagram showing data exchange between a homeappliance and a wireless terminal in the present invention.

FIGS. 25 and 26 illustrate diagrams each showing a state in which a homeappliance leaves a message by using SNS.

FIG. 27 illustrates a diagram showing provision of shopping informationon goods on a wish list in the present invention.

FIG. 28 illustrates a diagram showing provision of shopping informationon goods on a wish list and an optimal shopping schedule in the presentinvention.

FIG. 29 illustrates a diagram showing provision of shopping informationon goods on a wish list and optimal moving path information in thepresent invention.

FIG. 30 illustrates a diagram showing provision of recipe information ona particular dish and necessary product information in the presentinvention.

FIG. 31 illustrates a diagram showing provision of commercial itemshopping information in the present invention.

FIG. 32 illustrates a diagram showing shopping information on seasonalfruits in the present invention.

FIG. 33 illustrates a diagram showing provision of coupon information ongoods on a wish list in the present invention.

FIG. 34 illustrates a diagram showing provision of coupon informationhaving a very close expiry date in the present invention.

FIG. 35 illustrates a diagram showing provision of nearby restaurantinformation service in the present invention.

FIG. 36 illustrates a diagram showing provision of restaurantinformation service recommendable according to a mood in the presentinvention.

FIG. 37 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information onallergy causing food in the present invention.

FIG. 38 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information on amedicine intake time in the present invention.

FIG. 39 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information on atreatment guide in a case of accident in the present invention.

FIG. 40 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information on foodgood for health when a particular symptom takes place in the presentinvention.

FIG. 41 illustrates a diagram showing provision of allergy informationservice in the present invention.

FIG. 42 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information onmedicine intaking instruction service of a doctor in the presentinvention.

FIG. 43 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information onpregnancy information guide in the present invention.

FIG. 44 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information onrestaurants and menus related to health menus in the present invention.

FIG. 45 illustrates a diagram showing provision of food information withreference to health information in the present invention.

FIG. 46 illustrates a diagram showing provision of exercise prescriptioninformation in the present invention.

FIG. 47 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information onapportion of food in the present invention.

FIG. 48 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information on anoptimal washing time point in the present invention.

FIG. 49 illustrates a diagram showing adjustment of a spinning RPM of awashing machine with reference to weather information in the presentinvention.

FIG. 50 illustrates a diagram showing putting a particular homeappliance into operation with reference to weather information in thepresent invention.

FIG. 51 illustrates a diagram showing provision of report cardinformation on a child in the present invention.

FIG. 52 illustrates a diagram showing provision of school meal menuinformation on a child in the present invention.

FIG. 53 illustrates a diagram showing provision of school bus arrivaltime notifying service in the present invention.

FIG. 54 illustrates a diagram showing provision of news information inthe present invention.

FIG. 55 illustrates a diagram showing provision of emergency serviceinformation in the present invention.

FIG. 56 illustrates a diagram showing provision of online cookinglecture information in the present invention.

FIG. 57 illustrates a diagram showing provision of stock tradinginformation in the present invention.

FIG. 58 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information on livingproblem solution in the present invention.

FIG. 59 illustrates a diagram showing provision of nearby restaurantinformation service in the present invention.

FIG. 60 illustrates a diagram showing provision of wine managementinformation in the present invention.

FIG. 61 illustrates a diagram showing provision of electric chargeinformation in the present invention.

FIG. 62 illustrates a diagram showing provision of traffic informationin the present invention.

FIG. 63 illustrates a diagram showing provision of coordinationinformation with reference to a season or weather in the presentinvention.

FIG. 64 illustrates a diagram showing provision of seasonal menuinformation with reference to a season or weather in the presentinvention.

DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS

In the following detailed description, reference is made to theaccompanying drawing figures which form a part hereof, and which show byway of illustration specific embodiments of the invention. It is to beunderstood by those of ordinary skill in this technological field thatother embodiments may be utilized, and structural, electrical, as wellas procedural changes may be made without departing from the scope ofthe present invention. Wherever possible, the same reference numberswill be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or similarparts.

An information management system for a home appliance related to anembodiment of the present invention includes the home appliance having acommunication unit, a display unit, and a predetermined device ID, awireless terminal having a communication unit for communication with thecommunication unit in the home appliance and a display unit, thewireless terminal interlocked with the home appliance for receivinginformation or a signal generated at the home appliance, or transmittinginformation or a signal generated at the wireless terminal in adirection of the home appliance, and a server system provided to be ableto communicate with the home appliance and the wireless terminal, theserver system having the device ID stored therein.

In this instance, the communication unit in the home appliance and thecommunication unit in the wireless terminal receive/transmit a signalafter a mutual authentication procedure between the home appliance andthe wireless terminal and the server system is completed, and theinformation or signal generated at the home appliance is displayed onthe display unit in the wireless terminal, or the information or signalgenerated at the wireless terminal is displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance, or changes a operational state of the homeappliance.

And, the wireless terminal may further include an input unit, wherein,by the information or signal inputted through the input unit in thewireless terminal, the home appliance is remotely controlled, or stateinformation of the home appliance is displayed on the display unit inthe wireless terminal.

And, the home appliance may include a cooking machine or a washingmachine, and, if the user sets an operation condition through the inputunit in the wireless terminal, the cooking machine or the washingmachine is driven according to the operation condition, and, if theoperation of the cooking machine or the washing machine is finished, thecooking machine or the washing machine informs the wireless terminal ofthe operation finish.

And, the information management system may further include an input unitin the home appliance, wherein, if it is set to generate predeterminedinformation or signal and transmit the same to the wireless terminalwith the input unit in the home appliance, the information or signal isdisplayed on the display unit in the wireless terminal.

In this case, the information is schedule information or messageinformation.

And, the information management system may further include an input unitin the home appliance, wherein, if it is set to generate a signal whichrequests position information on the wireless terminal and transmit thesignal to the wireless terminal with the input unit in the homeappliance, the position signal is transmitted from the wireless terminalin a direction of the home appliance, and a position of the wirelessterminal is displayed on the display unit in the home appliance.

And, the home appliance may include a refrigerator, and, if any one ofthe refrigerator and the wireless terminal is manipulated to generate orupdate already stored food information or shopping wish listinformation, the already stored food information or the shopping wishlist information may be transmitted to the other one of the refrigeratorand the wireless terminal.

And, if a photograph of a product intended to put in the wish list istaken with a camera, after the product of which photograph is taken thusis recognized, the wish list may be updated according to a result of therecognition, and, if there is transmission request, the wish listupdated thus may be transmitted to the wireless terminal and displayedthereon.

And, if the wireless terminal recognizes a receipt of a product the userbought, information on bought goods on the receipt is transmitted to therefrigerator, and the refrigerator may generate or update a stored goodslist to which the bought goods are reflected.

And, the refrigerator generates an expected wish list taking a buypattern or period of the user into account, and, if the user selectsgoods from the expected wish list, the wish list may be updated toinclude the goods selected thus, and the wish list updated thus may betransmitted to the wireless terminal.

And, the information management system may further include a sensor unitprovided to the home appliance, wherein, if it is set to sense amalfunction of the home appliance with the sensor unit, and a datasensed thus is transmitted to the wireless terminal, the malfunction ofthe home appliance may be displayed on the display unit in the wirelessterminal.

And, the information management system may further include an input unitprovided to the wireless terminal, a camera provided to the homeappliance, and a driving unit for moving the home appliance, wherein, ifan order for monitoring and photograph taking a space the home applianceis installed thereto is inputted with the input unit in the wirelessterminal, the driving unit in the home appliance and the camera may beoperated to take a photograph of the space, and an image or video takenthus may be transmitted to the wireless terminal.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference tothe attached drawings, in detail.

FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic view of the present invention, FIG. 2illustrates a block diagram of control of the present invention, FIG. 3illustrates a diagram showing a registration process of user informationand home appliance information in the present invention, FIG. 4illustrates a diagram showing a deleting process of user information andhome appliance information in the present invention, and FIG. 5illustrates a diagram showing installation of an exclusive applicationto a wireless terminal and receiving service accordingly in the presentinvention.

Provided to a center of an information management system for a homeappliance of the present invention, there is a server system 1 forregistering and storing registration information and user information ofhome appliances provided to a home, and the like, and a representativesite 2 provided to be able to communicate with the server system 1 forenabling a user to provide user's information and registrationinformation on the home appliances by writing to the server system.

And, the server system 1 is provided to be able to communicate withother elements around the server system 1.

At first, the server system 1 is connected to home appliances 100provided to homes and offices for providing information requestedthrough the home appliances 100, or providing firmware or othermanagement software toward the home appliances 100.

It is preferable that the home appliances 100 in communication with theserver system 1 have own device IDs, respectively.

In the meantime, if the home appliances 100 provided to be able tocommunicate with the server system 1 exist two or more than two at oneplace (Home or Office), the two or more than two home appliances 100 areprovided, not only to communicate with the server system 1 totransmit/receive information, but also communicate with one another.

With this, information generated or managed at one home appliance 100 istransmitted to other home appliances 100, to share the information incommon. Moreover, information inputted to or generated by one homeappliance 100 may be displayed on a display unit of other home appliance100.

In the meantime, the server system 1 is provided to be able tocommunicate with a wireless terminal 200 the user owns. The wirelessterminal 200 may be, but not limited to, a smart phone, a tablet PC, andso on which can access to the Internet.

The wireless terminal 200 is also provided with a device ID of its ownthe same as the home appliance, and can communicate with the serversystem 1 by passing a mutual authentication procedure with the serversystem 1. By communication between the wireless terminal 200 and theserver system 1, remote control and remote information management on thehome appliance 100 provided at remote places (Home and office) ispossible.

Therefore, as information or a signal inputted to or managed by thewireless terminal 200 is transmitted to the home appliance 100 providedat the remote place through the server system 1 or the Internet network,the information or the signal may be displayed or stored at the homeappliance.

And, information, or a signal generated, or managed by the homeappliance 100 may be provided to the wireless terminal 200 through theserver system 1 or the Internet network.

In the meantime, as information or signal exchange is made possiblebetween the wireless terminal 200 and the server system 1, firmware orsoftware upgrade or update from the server system 1 toward the wirelessterminal 200 is possible automatically or if there is request from awireless terminal 200 side.

Besides connection of the server system 1 to the home appliance or thesmart phone, the server system 1 may be connected to an external serviceprovider 300, for enabling the external service provider 300 to provideinformation or signals or programs to the user.

That is, the server system 1 can provide passage service in which theserver system 1 is connected to shopping centers, private educationalinstitutes, schools, hospitals, and broadcasting stations to provideinformation such enterprises provide to the home appliances 100 or thewireless terminal 200 the users use.

That is, if there is request for service a particular outsideenterpriser provides through the home appliance 100 authorized by theserver system 1, the server system 1 serves as a medium which providesthe user information or the home appliance information to the outsideenterpriser 300 and, in turn, provides necessary information to theuser.

With such service, the user may have shopping service, livinginformation, medical information, and so on provided thereto remotely,and the outside enterpriser 300 may obtain the user information throughthe server system 1 under agreement of the user, and may performadvertisement or service guide suit to the information obtained thus.

In the meantime, through intermediation of the server system, theparticular user U may exchange information or a signal with other userU′.

That is, if the particular user U intends to generate or managepredetermined information by using an input unit and a display unit at aparticular home appliance 100, and share the information with other userU′ in common, the particular user may provide the information to otheruser U′ while the particular user manage the information with the serversystem 1.

That is, in a case the information is provided among users authenticatedby the server system 1, by showing his (Her) own exercise information,health information, recipe information, and so on to other users,friendship may be cultivated, or motivation on exercise or healthmanagement may be provided among the users.

Referring to FIG. 2, in a plurality of the home appliances 100 whichbelongs to a user, each of the home appliances 100 includes a controlunit 101, a communication unit 102, an input unit 103, a display unit104, a driving unit 105, and a memory unit 106.

In this instance, the communication unit 102 serves as an interface forcommunicating with the server system 1, or a communication unit of otherhome appliance, or a communication unit 202 of the wireless terminal200.

The input unit 103 is provided in a form of a button or a touch pad forthe user to input information thereto, and the display unit 104visualizes information transmitted from an outside or the user managesfor the user to watch.

The driving unit 105 is a part for performing an original functionaccording to characteristic of the home appliance. That is, if the homeappliance is a refrigerator, a compressor, a cooling fan, and so on arethe driving unit, and, if the home appliance is a washing machine, adriving motor, or a water supply valve may form the driving unit.

The memory unit 106 stores information the user manages or provided froman outside.

The wireless terminal 200 also includes a control unit 201, acommunication unit 202, an input unit 203, and a memory unit 206, andfunctions of which are similar to the same of the home appliance, anddescription of the same will be omitted for preventing repetitivedescription.

In the meantime, the server system 1 may be connected to an outsideenterpriser server 310 for exchanging information, and provide theinformation to the home appliance 100 of the user.

And, in a case of service which requires settlement of accounts, such asshopping, the server 1 is provided to be able to communicate with anoutside settlement agent for assisting to make progress of the servicesmooth.

In the meantime, the server system 1 is provided such that a pluralityof users can access thereto at a time for exchange information amongthem. The drawing shows the plurality of users as a user1 U1, a user2U2, user3 U3, and so on, wherein the users exchange information to otherusers through the home appliance 100, the wireless terminal 200, and soon.

That is, elements of the home appliance or elements of the wirelessterminal each of the users has are identical or similar to the elementsof the home appliance (The control unit 101, the communication unit 102,the input unit 103, the display unit 104, the driving unit 105, and thememory unit 106) or the elements of the wireless terminal 200 (Thecontrol unit 201, the communication unit 202, the input unit 203, thedisplay unit 204, and the memory unit 206). The device ID and propertyinformation (e.g. product type, model information, etc.) of the homeappliances may be registered in the server system together with the userID.

Here, though the device ID may be generated regardless of the propertyinformation of the product, such as the product type, and the modelinformation, the device ID may be encoded together with the propertyinformation of the product.

Accordingly, the server system 1 may recognize the product type, or themodel information of the product with reference to the device ID only.

The user may request a service through home appliances 100 to beprovided with the service if the home appliances 100 are registered inthe server system 1.

For an example, if the user selects and inputs a desired service throughthe display window of the refrigerator, the refrigerator cancommunication with the server system 1 to request the service.

To allow the user to conveniently request a service and extend the rangeof home appliance management service items, it may be necessary to allowthe user to enable service request through means other than homeappliances.

If the user accesses to the server system 1 through the home appliance100, though the server system 1 can specify a service object as the useraccesses to the server system 1 through an account of the home appliance100 or the wireless terminal 200, if the user accesses to the serversystem 1 not through the home appliance 100, it may be necessary to fixhow to specify a service object home appliance 100.

As an example, the user may access to the representative site 2, andrequest the service by inputting the device ID of the home appliance 100to be served.

In this case, however, the user needs to memorize all device IDs of homeappliances 100 the user owns.

The representative site 2 may be made to mitigate such inconvenience.The user may signup to the representative site 2 and have the user IDand password given to the user.

The user may log-in the representative site 2 and register all the homeappliances 100 the user owns thereto.

The home appliances 100 registered in the representative site may beregistered in the server system 1 together with the user ID.

This may be done by automatic transmission of the information from therepresentative site 2 to the server system 1.

Moreover, the registration of the home appliances 100 in the serversystem 1 described before may also be made with an activation procedureto be described later.

In any case, if the user has the ID issued thereto, the ID may beregistered to, and managed by, the server system 1, together with thehome appliances 100 of the user.

The service request received from the user through the representativesite 2 may be performed as a manager gives an order to the server system1 on relevant management service.

Or, the representative site 2 may be connected to the server system 1through an open API, when the user can make management service requestto the server system 1 directly through the representative site 2.

The server system 1 has a server side protocol provided thereto for themanagement service, wherein the server side protocol performs themanagement service requested thus in interrelation with a client sideprotocol of the product.

As a protocol for performing the management service between the serversystem 1 and the home appliance 100, an OMA DM protocol may be used.

Of course, not the OMA DM, but other solution may be used. Though theembodiment suggests using the OMA DM protocol, the present invention isnot limited to this.

The management service may have the following management details.

In order to perform an initial management session, a DM (DeviceManagement) client of the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200 needs authentication information with a DM (Device Management)server, and network setting information for connection to the network. Astep for above is called as Bootstrap.

Provisioning: The home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 whichinitially performs the management session is registered in the DM(Device Management) server system with the Bootstrap, and configurationof the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 is updated to alatest one for providing the service to the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200.

A step for above is called as Provisioning.

Configuration Management: Management operation for referring to, orchanging home appliance 100 or wireless terminal 200 related settinginformation, or setting, referring to or changing service relatedinformation is called as Device configuration management.

Control Management: This is a management operation of controlling thehome appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

The DM server can signal the contents of a management operation to auser through a terminal screen or receive acknowledgement by sending analert signal to a DM client. That is, improved management can beachieved through interaction between the DM server and the user.

Diagnostic and monitoring: Performance deterioration or fault may takeplace while a user uses the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200.

Accordingly, it is necessary to recognize this state in advance and takea measure suitable to the recognized state to provide the user a secureenvironment in which the home appliances 100 can be used. This operationis referred to as diagnostic and monitoring management.

Firmware Update Management: Management operation performed in a case atrouble, a functional change, or updating of firmware takes place at aterminal after sold by a manufacturer.

Software Component Management: Management operation of installing,updating, or deleting a software component from the terminal.

Backup and Restore Management: Management operation ofbacking-up/restoring data on the terminal to the DM server.

In the meantime, the server system 10 may be installed distributed tomany places in view of positions thereof. For an example, a serversystem 1 may be installed in Korea and a server system 2 may beinstalled in the USA.

And, the server system may be divided into a plurality of serversaccording to services of the servers.

The server system may include, but not limited to, the followingservers.

<DM Server>

The DM Server 11 provides a service of giving a terminal managementorder to the DM client of the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200. In this instance, of the functions of the communicationunit 102 or 202 of the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200,the DM client performs functions related to product management, indetail.

That is, by means of the management order, the DM Server 11 provides amanagement function of processing firmware update (Modem firmware/OS)management work, software management work, diagnostic management work,and so on, remotely.

The DM Server 11 may include a Session Management region, a SecurityManagement region, a DM Protocol Process region, and a SyncML ProtocolEngine region.

<DL Server>

The DL server 12 transmits a file to the DL client of the home appliance100 or the wireless terminal 200.

That is, the DL server 11 provides a function in which the DL server 11transmits information on the file intended to transmit through a DD(Download Descriptor), for the DL client to download the file, exactly.

In this instance, the DL client is an element for performing a functionrelated to download of the functions of the communication unit 102 or202 in the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200, in detail.

The downloaded file includes a firmware update package and a softwaremanagement package. The DL server may include a Session Managementregion, a Package Management region, and a Download region.

<ONM Server or User Portal>

The ONM Server 13 provides a service of interfacing with the DM server11, or the DL server 12 and the Legacy server 14 to be described later,and of embodying a business logic.

The manager may give a management order, or refer to managementinformation, through a management web page of the ONM Server 13.

The User Portal provides some of the functions of the ONM Server 13 tothe user.

In this instance, the functions of the ONM Server 13 are embodiedthrough the open API of the DM Server 11. The user may request themanagement service to the DM Server through the user portal.

<Legacy Server>

In Representative Legacy Servers 14 the ONM Server 13 is interrelatedthereto, there are a server for receiving home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200 information and a server for receiving userinformation.

That is, the legacy servers 14 transmit the user information or the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 information to the ONM Server13 for providing information to embody the business logic.

<Notification Server>

The notification server 15 transmits a notification message from the DMserver 11 to the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

The notification server 15 may include a Session Generation region, anda Schedule Management region.

If the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 is present in aprivate network, in order to maintain connection to the home appliance100 or the wireless terminal 200, a Connection Manager may be required,which is specially provided to a server side.

The home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 may request a TCPconnection after booted automatically, and the connection managermaintains the TCP connection requested thus. The DM Server 11 transmitsthe notification message through the TCP connection.

The Notification server 15 is provided to be able to communicate withthe wireless terminal 200 or the home appliance 100 of the user, forinforming to the user if information on the home appliance 100 (Storedgoods management information, a shopping wish list, goods purchasefinish information, account settlement information) is changed.

<Open API>

An application at a wireless terminal, such as a smart phone, may manageterminals through the open API provided by the DM Server, remotely.

In the meantime, the server system 1 may include a data base server 16.

The data base server 16 may include a user information data base havingpersonal information of the users recorded thereon who signed up to therepresentative site to obtain IDs, respectively.

The user information data base may store user's personal information(Name, address, telephone number, and so on), and information on thehome appliance (A number the user owns, and types of the homeappliances).

Details and a procedure of the management service will be described.

FIG. 3 illustrates a diagram showing signup, and activation of the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

As described before, the user accesses to the representative site 2, tosignup thereto to have the ID and the password given to the user.

The activation of the home appliance may be a procedure for registeringthe home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 of the user in theserver system.

The display unit of the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200may have a window popped up thereto, which enables the user to input theuser ID and password. The user may perform an activation procedurethrough the frame.

If the user inputs the user ID and password to the frame, and inputs anactivation order, the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200transmits the user ID and password, the device ID, and the propertyinformation of the product to the user site 2.

In this instance, the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200may store the user ID and password in the memory unit thereof.

According to this, the user ID and password may be used forauthentication of the user.

The device ID may have been inputted to the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200 already, or is generated inside of the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 automatically when theactivation procedure is performed.

Or, it is possible that the device ID is generated automatically whenthe home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 is newly bought andturned on for the first time.

As the property information on the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200, there may be model information, a product code, amanufactured date, a manufactured product number, and so on of the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

And, in the activation procedure, the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 may transmit a password, a service URL, a server ID andpassword, altogether.

Of the information transmitted to the user site 2 in the activationprocedure, the information excluding the user ID and password may begenerated at the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200automatically, or in an already inputted state.

In the activation procedure, upon reception of the information describedbefore at the user site from the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200, the user site 2 registers the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200 at the user ID.

According to this, the user site 2 registers the home appliance 100 orthe wireless terminal 200 the user uses at respective user IDs.

Then, the user site 2 transmits the user ID and password, the device ID,and the product property information the server system 1. In thisinstance, the ID and the password of the server may be transmitted,altogether.

At first, the server system 1 performs authentication of the informationtransmitted thus. Accordingly, when the authentication is passed, theuser ID and password, the device ID and password, and the productproperty information are registered in the server system 1. In thisinstance, the device password may also be transmitted, altogether.

The activation procedure may be performed regardless of place if a stateof a communication environment is provided, in which access to theserver system 1 and the user site 1 is possible. For an example, aseller from whom the user has bought a product may perform theactivation procedure for the user.

The user may request the service at the display unit of the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 to be served.

For an example, after making a frame of a desired service to pop up onthe display unit of the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200,the service request may be made after inputting the user ID and passwordthereto.

In this instance, the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200may transmit the user ID and password, and the device ID, together withinformation on the service request.

Moreover, the user may request the desired service through the user site2, too. The user site 2 may have a web page provided thereto forenabling the user to request the management service thereto.

Upon reception of the service request from the user, the user site 2 maytransmit information on the service request to the server system 1. Inthis instance, the user ID and password, and the device ID may betransmitted, altogether.

Moreover, the user may call a client call center to make the servicerequest. The client call center may also be made to receive themanagement service with an ARS system.

In the meantime, the user can perform a procedure for cancelling orclosing registration of the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200 of his (or her) own.

Upon making a registration cancel or close frame to pop up at a screenof the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200, if the userinputs a registration cancel or close order after inputting the user IDand password, the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200accesses to the representative site 2 or the server system 1 andtransmits information on the registration cancel or close thereto.

And, according to this, the representative site 2 or the server system 1cancels or closes registration of the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200.

Moreover, the user may cancel signup to the representative site 2. Once,the user cancels signup, registration of the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200 of the user is cancelled or closed.

FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram showing a procedure for requesting todelete the user ID and password of his (or her) own through theterminal.

Upon inputting the ID and password to be deleted to the frame of thedisplay unit of the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 andtransmitting the same, the representative site 2 or the server system 1may progress a procedure for cancelling or closing information on themember and registration of entire home appliance 100 or wirelessterminal 200 belonging to the member.

In the meantime, the service request may be made through the wirelessterminal 1, like the smart phone. FIG. 5A illustrates a diagram showingdownloading a smart phone application for management service.

When the user reads in a QR code attached to the home appliance by usingthe wireless terminal 200, a mobile web is displayed on the screen ofthe wireless terminal 200. And, upon pressing an applicationinstallation button of buttons shown on the mobile web, a frame relatedto an application installation is displayed.

And, upon pressing an install button, the application is installed tothe wireless terminal 200.

In this instance, the application is an interface which enables toaccess to the server system 1, and, with this, the user can manage thehome appliance by using the smart phone, remotely.

FIG. 5B illustrates a diagram showing service request through thewireless terminal 200, the client call center, and the home appliance100 (A washing machine and a refrigerator are shown as the homeappliance, as an example).

If the service request is made through the home appliance 100, the usermay input the user ID and password by using the input unit displayed onthe display unit of the home appliance 100 to request the service (Acase of {circle around (1)}).

If the service request is made through the home appliance 100, theserver system 200 performs service (Provision of information, and faultdiagnosis) the home appliance 100 requires (A case of {circle around(3)}), and the home appliance 100 transmits a result of the service in adirection of the server system (A case of {circle around (4)}).

If the service request is made though the smart phone 200, afterstarting the management service application installed to the smart phone200, the user may request the service on the home appliance by inputtingthe user ID and password (A case of {circle around (2)}).

For requesting the service, the smart phone 200 may transmit informationon the service request to the server system 1, together with the user IDand password, and the device ID.

The server system 1 performs the service (Provision of information, anddiagnosis of fault) the home appliance 100 requires (A case of {circlearound (3)}), and the home appliance 100 transmits a result of theservice in a direction of the server system 1 (A case of {circle around(5)}).

An embodiment of information or signal exchange between the homeappliance 100 and the wireless terminal 200 through the server system 1in an information management system for a home appliance illustrated inFIGS. 1 and 2 will be described.

As a precondition for the information exchange between the homeappliance 100 and the wireless terminal 200, an authentication procedurebetween the server system 1 and the home appliance 100 and between theserver system 1 and wireless terminal 200 is required.

The authentication may be performed, if the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200 accesses to the server system 1, as the serversystem 1 requests the home appliance 10 or the wireless terminal 200 toauthenticate the home appliance 100, and the user manipulates the inputunit in the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 to inputinformation (The user ID, password, and other authentication numbers)required for the authentication.

In the present invention, by the information or signal inputted throughthe input unit of the wireless terminal 200, the home appliance 100 maybe remotely controlled, or state information of the home appliance 100may be displayed on the display unit of the wireless terminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 6, as an example, if the home appliance 100 is anelectric oven, the user can control the electric oven by using thewireless terminal 200.

That is, in a state the wireless terminal 200 and the electric oven aremutually authenticated, if the user orders a cooking time control and acooking temperature control, the electric oven is set to the cookingtime and the cooking temperature ordered thus.

Then, the electric oven informs toward the wireless terminal 200 thatsetting of the cooking time and the cooking temperature completed, and adriving state.

And, if the user presets a cooking finish time by using the wirelessterminal 200, the cooking finish time is set to the electric oven, andthe electric oven informs toward the wireless terminal 200 that thecooking finish time is set.

FIG. 7 illustrates a diagram showing the remote operation setting can bemade by using the wireless terminal 200, if the home appliance 100 is awashing machine.

That is, under the state the home appliance and the wireless terminal200 are authenticated mutually, if the user sets a washing course, awashing time, and gives a driving order by using the wireless terminal200, the course and the time is set to the washing machine as ordered.

And, the home appliance informs completion of the setting and a drivingstate toward the wireless terminal 200.

Then, if the washing is finished, a washing finish signal is transmittedfrom the washing machine toward the wireless terminal 200, to display amessage that the washing is finished on the display unit in the wirelessterminal 200.

FIG. 8 illustrates a diagram showing notice of information on availableor using washing machines through the wireless terminal 200, if a selflaundry shop has a plurality of commercial washing machines installedthereto.

That is, referring to FIG. 8A, a plurality of washing machines areprovided to the self laundry shop, and a communication unit is providedto the self laundry shop which enables communication with each of thewashing machines.

The communication unit is provided to be able to communicate with thewireless terminal 200, such as the smart phone, of the user, and aplurality pieces of messages as shown in FIG. 8B are displayed on thedisplay unit of the wireless terminal 200 depending on the information.

Detailed embodiment of use is discussed with reference to FIG. 8C. Undera state the commercial washing machines and the wireless terminal 200are authenticated mutually, if the user requests washing machineavailability information through the wireless terminal 200, thecommercial washing machine transmits presently available washing machineinformation (See a first drawing in FIG. 8B).

And, if washing is finished after the user introduces the laundry to aparticular washing machine and puts the washing machine into operation,a message that the washing is finished is transmitted from the washingmachine toward the wireless terminal 200, and displayed on the displayunit of the wireless terminal 200 (See a second drawing in FIG. 8B).

In the meantime, if the user tries unlocking of the door lock afterfinish of the washing, the washing machine transmits user authenticationrequest toward the wireless terminal 200. If the user authenticates theuser through the wireless terminal 200, the door lock is unlocked, andthe user may collect the laundry of which washing is finished.

However, if there are repetitive door lock unlocking tries in a state noauthentication is made despite of the user authentication request, thewashing machine recognizes that an unidentifiable user handles thewashing machine.

The washing machine transmits an alert message toward the wirelessterminal 200, to display the alert message on the display unit in thewireless terminal 200, for the user to notice (See a third drawing inFIG. 8B).

FIG. 9 illustrates a diagram showing that entire home appliances 100 ina home can be operated with the wireless terminal 200.

That is, the user sets security of an AP with the wireless terminal 200,so that other person can not use the wireless Internet, freely.

And, the user requests the home appliances 100 in the home to transmitsignal by using the wireless terminal 200. Upon reception of therequest, if the home appliances 100 transmit the signal toward thewireless terminal 200, a network is set to include the wireless terminal200 and the home appliances 100.

Then, if the user performs turn on/off operation and a drive controlorder of the home appliance 100 by touching the wireless terminal 200 orin voice, the home appliance 100 carries out the user's order, andtransmits the present state toward the wireless terminal 200.

According to this, a operational state of the home appliances 100 may bedisplayed on the display unit in the wireless terminal 200.

FIG. 10 illustrates a diagram showing that operation information of thehome appliance 100 can be edited by communication between the homeappliance 100 and the wireless terminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 10, if the home appliance 100 is a washing machine,the washing machine and the wireless terminal 200 perform mutualauthentication.

Then, the washing machine transmits washing information toward thewireless terminal 200. The washing information includes a washinghistory, courses, a driving time period, a detergent amount, and so onof the washing machine.

The wireless terminal 200 may store the washing information stored in aDB thereof, and the user can edit a course according to user'sselection. That is, by extending a washing time period, reducing anumber of rinsing times, or adjusting a spinning time period in astandard course, the user may edit a favorite course.

If the user gives a course drive order to the washing machine to operatethe course the user edits by using the wireless terminal 200, thewashing machine performs the course drive, and provides driveinformation to the wireless terminal 200.

FIG. 11 illustrates a diagram showing that the wireless terminal 200recognizes a tag, a QR code, a care label C, or the like, and providesinformation recognized thus toward the home appliance 100.

Referring to FIG. 11, if the home appliance 100 is a washing machine,mutual authentication between the washing machine and the wirelessterminal 200 are performed.

Then, upon reading the tag, the QR code, or the care label C attached tothe laundry by using the wireless terminal 200, washing informationrelated to the tag, the QR code, or the care label C is displayed on thewireless terminal 200.

And, the wireless terminal 200 may transmit a recommendable course forproperties of the laundry toward the washing machine. If the user putsthe course into operation, the washing machine may provide the presentoperation information toward the wireless terminal 200.

In the meantime, if it is set such that predetermined information orsignal is generated with the input unit in the home appliance 100, andtransmitted to the wireless terminal 200, the present invention may makethe information or the signal, particularly, when the information isschedule information or message information, to be displayed on thedisplay unit in the wireless terminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 12, if the home appliance 100 is a refrigerator,mutual authentication between the refrigerator and the wireless terminal200 is performed.

If the user inputs a schedule to the input unit in the refrigerator,schedule information inputted thus is transmitted to the wirelessterminal 200, and the display unit in the wireless terminal 200 displaysa schedule updated state.

In the meantime, if the user inputs the schedule by using the wirelessterminal 200, the schedule inputted thus is transmitted to therefrigerator, and the display unit in the refrigerator displays anupdated schedule.

With this, if the schedule of one member of a family is changed, entiremember of the family can notice the schedule changed thus.

Referring to FIG. 13, if the home appliance 100 is a refrigerator, aftermutual authentication between the refrigerator and the wireless terminal200, if the user inputs a predetermined message to the input unit in therefrigerator, the message may be transmitted to other user's wirelessterminal 200.

In this case, the message may be displayed on the other user's wirelessterminal 200.

In the meantime, if the user inputs a message to the user's wirelessterminal 200, the message inputted thus is transmitted to therefrigerator, and may be displayed on the display unit in therefrigerator.

In the meantime, if it is set such that a signal for requesting aposition information of the wireless terminal 200 is generated with theinput unit in the home appliance 100, and transmitted to the wirelessterminal 200, the present invention may make the position signal to betransmitted from the wireless terminal 200 toward the home appliance100, and displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100.

Referring to FIG. 14, after completion of the mutual authenticationbetween the home appliance 100 and the wireless terminals 200, the usermay manipulate the input unit in the home appliance 100 to requestposition information toward the wireless terminals 200.

Upon reception of the position information, each of the wirelessterminals 200 transmits the present position information to the homeappliance 100, and the position information from the wireless terminals200 may be displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100.

Particularly, if the user wonders about positions of family members, theuser can hold of the positions of the family members by using thepresent invention.

In the meantime, according to the present invention, if the usergenerates or updates predetermined information and requests to transmitthe information to the wireless terminal 200 by using the input unit inthe home appliance 100, the display unit in the wireless terminal 200may display the information received thus or generate other informationbased on the information received thus.

That is, referring to FIG. 15, if the home appliance 100 is arefrigerator, after mutual authentication between the refrigerator andthe wireless terminal 200 is completed, the user may update a storedfood list in the refrigerator or a shopping wish list.

In this case, the updated information is transmitted in a direction ofthe wireless terminal 200, and the stored food list or the shopping wishlist updated thus may be displayed on the display unit in the wirelessterminal 200.

In the meantime, the user may update the stored food list in therefrigerator or the shopping wish list by using the wireless terminal200.

In this case, the updated information is transmitted in a direction ofthe refrigerator, and the stored food list or the shopping wish listupdated thus may be displayed on the display unit in the refrigerator.

Referring to FIG. 16, if the home appliance 100 is a refrigerator, aftermutual authentication between the refrigerator and the wireless terminal200 is completed, if the user selects one of recipes displayed on thedisplay unit in the refrigerator, a food material list required for therecipe may be generated and displayed on the display unit.

The user can generate a food material wish list based on the foodmaterial list displayed thus, and if the user transmits the foodmaterial wish list to the wireless terminal 200, the food material wishlist received thus may be displayed on the display unit in the wirelessterminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 17, if the home appliance 100 is a refrigerator, aftermutual authentication between the refrigerator and the wireless terminal200 is completed, if the user takes a photograph of a particular productto put in the wish list by using a camera provided to the refrigerator,the control unit in the refrigerator recognizes the product to generateinformation on the product.

And, if the wish list is updated to include the product to the wishlist, updated information is transmitted in a direction of the wirelessterminal 200, and the wish list updated information is displayed on thedisplay unit in the wireless terminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 18, if the home appliance 100 is a refrigerator, aftermutual authentication between the refrigerator and the wireless terminal200 is completed, the user may take a photograph of a receipt of theshopped goods by using the wireless terminal 200, for the wirelessterminal 200 to recognize shopped goods information.

And, if the shopped goods information is sent in a direction of the homeappliance 100 from the wireless terminal 200, a shopped goods list isgenerated at the refrigerator, and the user may update the stored goodslist selecting only goods to be stored from the shopped goodsinformation.

FIG. 19 illustrates a diagram showing that the wireless terminal 200holds of user's product buying pattern or buying history to generate anexpected wish list.

If the home appliance 100 is a refrigerator, in a state mutualauthentication between the refrigerator and the wireless terminal 200 iscompleted, the expected wish list is generated at the display unit inthe refrigerator based on the user's buying pattern or buying history.

Referring to FIG. 19A, if the user buys milk and wine periodically, anda buying time comes close, the refrigerator may ask whether the userbuys the milk and the wine or not.

In this instance, if the user inputs that the user will buy the wine,the wine is transferred to the wish list to update the wish list.

The wish list updated thus is transmitted to the wireless terminal 200,and the wireless terminal 200 updates the wish list.

Further comprising an input unit provided to the wireless terminal 200and a camera provided in the home appliance 100 for taking a photographof an inside of the home appliance 100

In the meantime, in the present invention, if the user inputs apredetermined order to the input unit in the wireless terminal 200, thecamera in the home appliance 100 takes a photograph of the inside of thehome appliance 100, and image or video information taken thus may bedisplayed on the display unit in the wireless terminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 20, in a state mutual authentication between the homeappliance 100 having the camera provided to the inside thereof and thewireless terminal 200 is completed, the camera may take a photograph ofthe inside of the home appliance 100 to generate an image or video.

A refrigerator storage state or a cooking progress state in an electricoven cooking chamber may be photographed by the camera provided to arefrigerator storage chamber or the camera provided in the cookingchamber of the electric oven.

Video or image information taken thus is transmitted to the wirelessterminal 200, and the video or image information is displayed on thedisplay unit in the wireless terminal 200.

Owing to such a function, the user can hold of an inside state of thehome appliance 100 even if the user does not look into the inside of thehome appliance 100, personally.

In the meantime, the present invention may further include a camera unitprovided to the home appliance 100 and a driving unit for moving thehome appliance 100, wherein, if a monitoring and photographing order ona space the home appliance 100 is installed thereto is inputted throughthe input unit in the wireless terminal 200, the drive unit and thecamera unit in the home appliance 100 may come into operation to take aphotograph of the space, an image or video photographed thus may betransmitted to the wireless terminal 200, and the image or videotransmitted thus may be displayed on the display unit in the wirelessterminal.

That is, referring to FIG. 21, in a state mutual authentication betweenthe home appliance 100, such as a cleaner having a camera, and thewireless terminal 200 is completed, if a photograph taking order fortaking a photograph of an inside of a home is given from the wirelessterminal 200, the cleaner takes photograph of an inside state of thehome by using the camera.

And, video or image information taken thus is transmitted in a directionof the wireless terminal 200, the video or the image may be displayed onthe display unit in the wireless terminal 200, and by using which theuser can monitor the inside of the home even if the user is outside ofthe home.

In the meantime, if an accident or burst of fire in the home ismonitored by using a fire detector or a camera provided to the cleaner,the cleaner can transmit the accident or detail of the burst of fire tothe wireless terminal 200, quickly.

Accordingly, since the accident or the detail of the burst of fire canbe displayed on the wireless terminal 200 of the user, user's quickresponse can be possible.

In the meantime, in the present invention, if a sensor unit is providedto the home appliance 100, and if it is set such that malfunction of thehome appliance 100 is sensed by the sensor unit, and a data sensed thusis transmitted to the wireless terminal 200, the malfunction of the homeappliance 100 may be displayed on the display unit in the wirelessterminal 200.

That is, referring to FIG. 22, in a state mutual authentication betweenthe home appliance 100, such as a washing machine, and the wirelessterminal 200 is completed, if abnormal rotation of a drum is sensed in astate the washing machine is not in operation, the washing machinetransmits a request message to inspect the washing machine in adirection of the wireless terminal 200.

That is, since there is danger of a baby to open a door and enter in thedrum to be suffocated, if the washing machine is a drum type washingmachine, malfunction of the home appliance 100 is informed to the userand the request for inspecting the home appliance 100 is made to theuser for preventing such a negligent accident from taking place.

If such a message is transmitted, the danger sensing and inspectionrequesting message are displayed on the display unit in the wirelessterminal 200.

And, the home appliance 100 issues an alarm for requesting confirmation.

Moreover, if the door is closed, by opening pipes provided to thewashing machine so as to rush into a venting mode for preventing thebaby from suffocating, air can be supplied to an inside of the drum.

In the meantime, the present invention may transmit health information(A blood pressure, an exercise amount, and so on) on the user from thewireless terminal 200 to the home appliance 100, for the home appliance100 to display the health information thereon and, also, to providerecommendable menu information.

Referring to FIG. 23, in a state mutual authentication between the homeappliance 100, such as a refrigerator, and the wireless terminal 200 iscompleted, a user exercise amount information measured by the wirelessterminal 200 having a step counter mounted thereto and the bloodpressure information the user inputted are transmitted to the homeappliance 100.

And, blood glucose information may be obtained by measuring bloodglucose with a noninvasive blood glucose measuring device provided tothe home appliance 100, and by gathering a plurality of pieces of suchinformation, overall health information on the user and a recommendablemenu may be displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100based on the information gathered thus.

And, the health information or the recommendable menu information istransmitted in a direction of the wireless terminal 200 and displayed onthe display unit in the wireless terminal 200.

In the meantime, the present invention may transmit an image file or amusic file the user desires to the home appliance 100, and may make theimage file or the music file to be activated at the home appliance 100.

That is, referring to FIG. 24, in a state mutual authentication betweenthe home appliance 100, such as a washing machine or a refrigerator, andthe wireless terminal 200 is completed, the user may transmit the musicfile, a video file, or an image file stored in the wireless terminal 200to the home appliance 100.

The home appliance 100 may download the files transmitted thus, andreproduce the files selectively, to form a visual, acoustic environmentmeeting a user's taste.

In the meantime, in the present invention, a networking may be performedbetween the home appliance 100 and the wireless terminal 200 with SNS(Social Network Service).

That is, referring to FIG. 25, in a state mutual authentication betweenthe home appliance 100, such as a washing machine, and the wirelessterminal 200 is completed, SNS friend registration is applied from thehome appliance 100 in a direction of the wireless terminal 200.

If the user permits the friend registration of the home appliance 100 byusing the wireless terminal 200, the home appliance 100 may provideinformation related to drive of the home appliance 100 to the wirelessterminal 200, and the information may be displayed on the display unitin the wireless terminal 200 in a mode of a message.

That is, if a washing machine communicates with the wireless terminal200, the washing machine may be registered in the SNS the wirelessterminal 200 can see, and information (For an example, a washing finishindication) related to wash performance of the washing machine may bedisplayed on the user's wireless terminal 200.

Referring to FIG. 26, in a state mutual authentication between the homeappliance 100 and the wireless terminal 200 is completed, and the userand the home appliance 100 are SNS friends, if a fault takes place atthe home appliance 100, a self-diagnosis is performed by aself-diagnosis program.

And, if a result of the self-diagnosis is written on a user SNSbillboard on a web, a character informing that writings are registeredon the user SNS billboard is displayed at the wireless terminal 200.

As the user notices the character and visits to the user SNS billboard,the message related to the fault left by the home appliance 100 may benoticed.

An information management system for a home appliance related to anotherembodiment of the present invention includes a home appliance having aninput unit, a display unit, a communication unit, and a predeterminedID, a server system having the ID of the home appliance recordedthereon, and provided to enable to communicate with the home appliancefor enabling to exchange predetermined information with the homeappliance according to request from the home appliance related to the IDalready recorded, and a wireless terminal provided with a communicationunit provided to enable to communicate with the home appliance, an inputunit and a display unit, and synchronized with the home appliance.

In this instance, the home appliance and the wireless terminal areprovided to enable to communicate with a predetermined external servicebusiness operator server through the server system, and if the userrequests the external service business operator server to provideinformation through the home appliance or the wireless terminal, aftermutual authentication between the home appliance or the wirelessterminal and the server system or the external service business operatorserver is completed, the external service business operator servertransmits information requested thus to the home appliance or thewireless terminal.

In this instance, the external service business operator server includesa shopping information providing server. The shopping informationproviding server provides product sale information, optimal shoppingmovement path information, recipe information, product informationrequired for the recipe, seasonal fruit sale information, or discountcoupon information according to information providing request from theuser. The information may be displayed on the display unit in the homeappliance or the wireless terminal.

And, the external service business operator server includes a restaurantinformation providing server. The restaurant information providingserver provides restaurant information, restaurant price information,and recommendable restaurant information. The information may bedisplayed on the display unit in the home appliance or the wirelessterminal.

FIG. 27 illustrates a diagram showing provision of shopping informationon goods on a wish list in the present invention, FIG. 28 illustrates adiagram showing provision of shopping information on goods on a wishlist and an optimal shopping schedule in the present invention, and FIG.29 illustrates a diagram showing provision of shopping information ongoods on a wish list and optimal moving path information in the presentinvention.

FIG. 30 illustrates a diagram showing provision of recipe information ona particular dish and necessary product information in the presentinvention, FIG. 31 illustrates a diagram showing provision of commercialitem shopping information in the present invention, and FIG. 32illustrates a diagram showing shopping information on seasonal fruits inthe present invention.

FIG. 33 illustrates a diagram showing provision of coupon information ongoods on a wish list in the present invention, FIG. 34 illustrates adiagram showing provision of coupon information having a very closeexpiry date in the present invention, FIG. 35 illustrates a diagramshowing provision of nearby restaurant information service in thepresent invention, and FIG. 36 illustrates a diagram showing provisionof restaurant information service recommendable according to a mood inthe present invention.

Respective embodiments will be described with reference to the attacheddrawings.

In the meantime, in the information management system illustrated inFIGS. 1 and 2, if an embodiment is discussed, in which the homeappliance 100 and the external service business operator 300 exchangeinformation or a signal through the server system 1, as a preconditionof information exchange between the home appliance 100 and the serversystem 1, an authentication procedure is required between the serversystem 1 and the home appliance 100.

The authentication may be performed, if the home appliance 100 accessesto the server system 1, as the server system 1 requests the homeappliance 10 to authenticate the home appliance 100, and the usermanipulates the input unit in the home appliance 100 to inputinformation (The user ID, password, and other authentication numbers)required for the authentication.

It is preferable that, in the embodiment, the external service businessoperator server 310 is the shopping information providing server or therestaurant information providing server.

If the user requests to provide required information through the inputunit 103, mutual authentication and exchange of information between theexternal service business operator server 310 and the home appliance 100are made through the server system 1.

By inputting the user's ID and password, the user authentication can bemade.

Upon finishing the authentication, the external service businessoperator server 310 provides the shopping information or the restaurantinformation, and the information provided thus may be displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200 of the user.

If the user sends the wish list stored already to the external servicebusiness operator server 310 through the input unit, the externalservice business operator server 310 provides shopping information onthe items on the wish list, and the shopping information provided thusmay be displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100.

FIG. 27 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide the shoppinginformation between the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200and a shopping business operator server 310 based on the wish list ofthe user.

At first, if the user transmits an access signal to the server 310 byusing the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200, the server310 transmits a responsive signal. In this instance, each of the accesssignal and the responsive signal includes a signal for theauthentication between the user and the server 310.

If the server 310 transmits the responsive signal, the user transmitsthe goods wish list stored in the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200, and, upon receiving the good wish list, the server 310 mayprovide price information and the like on the goods of the items on thegoods wish list.

The information provided thus may be displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200of the user.

FIG. 28 illustrates an embodiment similar to the embodiment in FIG. 27,wherein, if the user sends the wish list through the home appliance 100or the wireless terminal 200, the server 310 provides sale informationon the wish list.

Here, the sale information includes price information of the goods onthe wish list, and information on shops which are selling the goods.

In the meantime, upon reception of the sale information at the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200, the control unit thereof maycalculate an optimal shopping schedule taking the price information andposition information on the goods into account and display the same onthe display unit.

FIG. 29 illustrates an embodiment similar to the embodiment in FIG. 28,wherein, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 29, if the user transmits thewish list through the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200,the server 310 provides the sale information on the wish list.

Herein, the sale information includes the price information on the goodson the wish list and the information on shops which are selling thegoods.

And, besides the sale information, the server 310 provides the optimalmovement path information for buying the goods too, and the informationis displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200.

In the meantime, in the present invention, if the user selects apredetermined dish and transmits information on the dish to the externalservice business operator server 310 through the input unit, theexternal service business operator server 310 provides the recipeinformation, and information on products or food materials required forthe recipe, and the information provided thus may be displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance 100.

FIG. 30 illustrates an embodiment in which, if the user selects a dishthe user prefers through the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200, the external service business operator server 310 providesinformation on the recipe and the food materials of the dish.

If the user selects one of dishes displayed on the display unit in thehome appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and inputs the same tothe display unit, the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200requests the server 310 to provide information on the dish selectedthus.

The server 310 provides the recipe on the dish, and, if there is requestfor information on the required products (Food materials), providesinformation on the required products toward the home appliance 100 orthe wireless terminal.

In this case, information on the recipe and information on required foodmaterials provided thus may be displayed on the display unit in the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

FIG. 31 illustrates an embodiment in which the server 310 providesinformation on essential common use items required for user's living.

That is, in a case of essential elements, such as rice and water, if theuser applies to provide common item information through the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200, the application is receivedat the shopping business operator server 310.

And, the shopping business operator server 310 may provide saleinformation on the common item toward the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200, periodically.

FIG. 32 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide shoppinginformation on seasonal fruits between the server 30 and the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

That is, the user requests the server 310 to provide seasonal fruitprice information by using the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200.

Then, the server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user, and theuser inputs the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon finishing the authentication, the server 310 requests the user toselect a kind of fruit.

If the user inputs according to the request, the server 310 provides theinformation on the seasonal fruit and information on selling shops, andthe information provided thus may be displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200of the user.

FIG. 33 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide informationon a coupon required for shopping between the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200 and the server 310.

That is, the user selects a product from the wish list by using the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200, and requests the server 310to provide coupon information on the product selected thus.

Then, the server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user, and theuser inputs the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 provides thecoupon information on the goods, and the information provided thus maybe displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or thedisplay unit in the wireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 34 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide informationon a coupon having a close expiry date between the home appliance 100 orthe wireless terminal 200 and the server 310.

That is, the user requests the server 310 to provide information on oneof coupons issued to the user having a close expiry date thereto byusing the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user, and theuser inputs the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 requests the userto selects an objective product.

If the user inputs the objective product according to the request, theserver 310 provides information on the coupon of the product having aclose expiry date, and the information provide thus is displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 35 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide nearbyrestaurant information and menu information at a region the userdesignates between the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200and the server 310.

That is, the user requests the server 310 to provide information onnearby restaurants, and prices of menus by using the home appliance 100or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user, and theuser inputs the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 indicatespositions of the restaurant within a predetermined distance from thepoint the user designates on a map, and the map also provides pricerange information on the menu each of the restaurants provides.

The information provided thus may be displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200of the user.

Under this state, if the user designates a particular restaurant, theserver 310 provides menu price information on the restaurant selectedthus, in detail. The information provided thus may be displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 36 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide recommendablerestaurant information according to a mood of the user between the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and the server 310.

That is, the user requests the server 310 to provide information on arecommendable restaurant according to a mood of the user by using thehome appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200. Then, the server 310requests the user to authenticate the user, and the user inputs theuser's ID and password, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 requests to inputa present mood state.

If the user inputs the user's mood according to the request, the server310 provides information on the recommendable restaurant which is ableto form an environment meeting the user's mood, and the informationprovided thus may be displayed on the display unit in the home appliance100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200 of the user.

In the meantime, the external service business operator server includesa health care business operator server. And, the health care businessoperator server provides allergy causing food information related to theuser, medicine intaking time information, treatment guide informationaccording to kinds of accidents, health food information related to aparticular symptom, medicine in taking instruction information relatedto prescription, information matched to a number of weeks of pregnancy,restaurant information related to a health menu, or recommendable food &drink and recipe information matched to the health information, and theinformation provided thus may be displayed on the display unit in thehome appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

FIG. 37 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information onallergy causing food in the present invention, FIG. 38 illustrates adiagram showing provision of information on a medicine intaking time inthe present invention, FIG. 39 illustrates a diagram showing provisionof information on a treatment guide in a case of accident in the presentinvention, and FIG. 40 illustrates a diagram showing provision ofinformation on food good for health when a particular symptom takesplace in the present invention.

FIG. 41 illustrates a diagram showing provision of allergy informationservice in the present invention, FIG. 42 illustrates a diagram showingprovision of information on medicine intaking instruction service of adoctor in the present invention, FIG. 43 illustrates a diagram showingprovision of information on pregnancy information guide in the presentinvention, and FIG. 44 illustrates a diagram showing provision ofinformation on restaurants and menu information related to health menusin the present invention.

And, FIG. 45 illustrates a diagram showing provision of food & drinkinformation with reference to health information in the presentinvention, FIG. 46 illustrates a diagram showing provision of exerciseprescription information in the present invention, and FIG. 47illustrates a diagram showing provision of information on apportion offood & drink in the present invention.

Respective embodiments will be described with reference to the attacheddrawing, in detail.

As described before, in the embodiment, the external service businessoperator server is a health care information providing server. And, ifthe user requests to provide necessary information through the inputunit, after mutual authentication between the external service businessoperator server and the home appliance 100 is completed, predeterminedhealth care information from the external service business operatorserver may be displayed on the display unit of the home appliance 100.

The health care information may include medical information, exerciseprescription information, or medicine intaking information.

That is, referring to FIG. 37, in order to check whether there isallergy causing food in the food stored in a refrigerator the user ownsor not, application for determining allergy causing food may be made byusing the input unit in a refrigerator or the wireless terminal 200connected to the refrigerator.

Then, the health care business operator server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user inputs the user's ID and password tofulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 applies the user to send a food list the user owns, and, ifthe user sends the food list the user owns accordingly, may examine thefood list and inform the allergy causing food.

FIG. 38 illustrates an embodiment which enables to make medicineintaking instruction between the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 and the health care business operator server 310.

That is, the user applies to the health care business operator server310 to inform a medicine intaking time by using the home appliance 100or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the health care business operator server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user inputs the user's ID and password tofulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 requests the user to send prescription details. If the usersends the prescription details according to the request, the health carebusiness operator server 310 may carry out the medicine intaking timeinforming service when the medicine intaking time comes according to theprescription details.

FIG. 39 illustrates an embodiment which enables to make treatment guidewhen a negligent accident takes place in a home.

That is, if the user requests treatment guide by using the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200, the health care businessoperator server 310 requests to input a kind of the accident.

An accident kind list is displayed on the display unit in the homeappliance 100 or the display unit of the wireless terminal 200, and theuser selects an item of the accidents the user suffers from the list andsends the item of the accident toward the health care business operatorserver 310.

Upon receiving the item of the accident, the health care businessoperator server 310 provides treatment guide to the user based ondetails of the accident, and the treatment guide may be displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 40 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide informationon food good for treatment or a body when a particular symptom takesplace.

That is, the user requests the health care business operator server 310to provide information on food good for treatment or a body when aparticular symptom takes place by using the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200.

The health care business operator server 310 requests the user to inputa kind of the symptom, and, in this case, kinds of symptoms aredisplayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or the displayunit in the wireless terminal 200 of the user, and the user selects anitem from the kinds of symptoms and inputs the symptom selected thus.

Upon reception of symptom information from the user, the health carebusiness operator server 310 provides the user with food informationgood for a body when the symptom inputted thus takes place based on theinformation, and the information received thus is displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 41 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide an allergyinformation service.

The user applies to the health care business operator server 310 toprovide an allergy information service by using the home appliance 100or the wireless terminal 200. In this instance, the allergy informationservice is a service for checking possibility of allergy symptom takingplace taking weather into account, and giving guide to the user,accordingly.

Upon reception of the allergy information service application, thehealth care business operator server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user inputs the user's ID and password,to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 provides the weather information and the allergy information,and the information provided thus is displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200of the user.

FIG. 42 illustrates an embodiment which enables to make medicineintaking instruction of a doctor between the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200 and the health care business operator server 310.

The user applies to the health care business operator server 310 toprovide medicine intaking instruction of a doctor by using the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the health care business operator server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 requests the user to send details of the prescription. If theuser sends the details of the prescription according to the request, thehealth care business operator server 310 may provide service of themedicine intaking instruction of a doctor according to the details ofthe prescription.

In this case, the service of the medicine intaking instruction of adoctor may include a service for providing explanation of the doctor incharge in video displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200 and providing theexplanation of the doctor in a text.

FIG. 43 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide pregnancyguide information between the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 and the health care business operator server 310.

The user applies to the health care business operator server 310 toprovide the pregnancy guide information by using the home appliance 100or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the health care business operator server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 requests the user to input a number of pregnant weeks. If theuser inputs the number of pregnant weeks according to the request, thehealth care business operator server 310 may provide information matchedto the number of pregnant weeks, and the information provided thus maybe displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or thedisplay unit in the wireless terminal 200.

In this instance, the information provided thus includes food & drinkinformation, exercise information, and other matters to be attended to.

FIG. 44 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide a health menubetween the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and thehealth care business operator server 310.

The user requests the health care business operator server 310 toprovide information on restaurants which provide health menus by usingthe home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the health care business operator server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 requests the user to input menus the user requires. If theuser inputs the menus the user requires according to the request, thehealth care business operator server 310 may provide information on therestaurants which provide the menus, and the information provided thusmay be displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or thedisplay unit in the wireless terminal 200.

In this instance, once a restaurant is fixed, the user can seeinformation on the menu the restaurant provides, and the information onthe menu may include valuation by other persons, and information oncalorie.

FIG. 45 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide food anddrink information in compliance with the health information between thehome appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and the health carebusiness operator server 310.

That is, the user requests the health care business operator server 310to provide the food & drink information in compliance with the healthinformation by using the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200.

Then, the health care business operator server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 requests the user to input the health information on theuser.

If the user inputs the user's health information (For an example,cholesterol and blood sugar) according to the request, the health carebusiness operator server 310 may provide information on recommendablefood and drink or a recipe related to the user's health information, andthe information provided thus may be displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200.

FIG. 46 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide an exerciseprescription service between the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 and the health care business operator server 310. That is,the user requests the health care business operator server 310 toprovide the exercise prescription service by using the home appliance100 or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the health care business operator server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly. Uponcompletion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 requests the user to input a user's exercise target.

If the user inputs the user's exercise target according to the request,the health care business operator server 310 may provide information onexercise prescription information which enables to achieve the user'sexercise target, and the information provided thus may be displayed onthe display unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200.

FIG. 47 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide food anddrink apportion information service between the home appliance 100 orthe wireless terminal 200 and the health care business operator server310.

That is, the user requests the health care business operator server 310to provide the food and drink apportion information service by using thehome appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200. Then, the health carebusiness operator server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user,and the user may input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the health care business operatorserver 310 requests the user to input food and drink names or a recipe.If the user inputs the food and drink names or the recipe according tothe request, the health care business operator server 310 requests theuser to input a number of persons who will have the food and drink. Ifthe user inputs the number of persons, the health care business operatorserver 310 may provide food and drink apportion information according tothe number of persons, and the information provided thus may bedisplayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or the displayunit in the wireless terminal 200.

In the meantime, the home appliance may include a washing machine, andthe external service business operator server may include a weatherinformation providing server.

The weather information providing server may provide optimal washingtime point information related to weather, recommendable spinning RPMinformation, and drying information, and the information may bedisplayed on the display unit of the washing machine or the wirelessterminal. The washing machine may be controlled according to theinformation provided thus, automatically.

Different from this, the home appliance may include an air cleaner, andthe external service business operator server may include the weatherinformation providing server. The weather information providing servermay provide yellow sand information, the information may be displayed onthe display unit in the air cleaner or the wireless terminal, and theair cleaner may be operated during a yellow sand warning periodaccording to the information provided thus, automatically.

FIG. 48 illustrates a diagram showing provision of information on anoptimal washing time point in the present invention, FIG. 49 illustratesa diagram showing adjustment of a spinning RPM of a washing machine withreference to weather information in the present invention, and FIG. 50illustrates a diagram showing putting a particular home appliance intooperation with reference to weather information in the presentinvention.

Respective embodiments will be described with reference to the attacheddrawings, in detail.

In the embodiment, it is preferable that the external service businessoperator server 310 is the weather information providing server.

If the user requests to provide necessary information through the inputunit 103, mutual authentication and information exchange between theexternal service business operator server 310 and the home appliance ismade through the server system 1.

The user may input the user's ID and password to fulfill userauthentication.

Upon completion of the authentication, the external service businessoperator server 310 provides weather related information, and theinformation provided thus is displayed on the display unit in the homeappliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200 or isused as a reference of operation of the home appliance 100.

The following description will be made on an assumption that theexternal service business operator server 310 is the weather informationproviding server.

FIG. 48 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide an optimalwashing time point according to weather information between the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and the external servicebusiness operator server 310.

That is, the user requests the external service business operator server310 to provide the service by using the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200. Then, the server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 may provideoptimal washing time point information according to a weather change,and the information provided thus may be displayed on the display unitin the home appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal200 of the user.

That is, if there is a weather forecast that, though the present weatheris rainy or cloudy, the weather will change to a forecast weather aftera few hours adequate to dry spun laundry, the server 310 informs theuser of the optimal washing time point taking a weather change timepoint and a time period required for washing into account.

That is, if there is the weather forecast that the weather will be fineafter 3 hours and 30 minutes with a temperature higher than a referencetemperature even though the weather is cloudy presently, and a timeperiod required from washing to spinning is around one and half hours,the server 310 informs the user that the optimal washing time point isafter 2 hours from now.

FIG. 49 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide optimalspinning information according to weather information between the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and the external servicebusiness operator server 310.

That is, the user requests the external service business operator server310 to provide weather information on each region by using the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user, and theuser may input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, if the user inputs information ona region the user is positioned presently, the server 310 providesweather information on the region.

The information provided thus may be displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200of the user. In the meantime, if the home appliance 100 is a washingmachine, the washing machine may adjust a spinning RPM in spinning afterwashing based on the weather information provided thus.

That is, if the weather is fine, the spinning RPM may be adjusted to bea low RPM, and if the weather is comparatively cloudy or rainy, thespinning RPM may be adjusted to be a high RPM.

FIG. 50 illustrates an embodiment in which weather information isprovided between the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 andthe external service business operator server 310, and the homeappliance 100 is operated based on the information, automatically.

That is, the user requests the external service business operator server310 to provide weather information by using the home appliance 100 orthe wireless terminal 200. Then, the server 310 requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 provides theweather information, and the information provided thus may be displayedon the display unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200 of the user.

And, the home appliance 100 may operate proper to the weatherinformation based on the weather information, automatically.

For an example, if the weather is rainy or has a temperature that dropsdown below a predetermined temperature, a washing machine having adrying function may make automatic drying operation additionally, and,if a yellow sand warning is issued due to intensive yellow sand, an aircleaner in a home may operate during a yellow sand warning effectiveperiod, automatically.

In the meantime, the external service business operator server includesa school information providing server. The school information providingserver may provide grade information, school meal menu information, orschool bus arrival time notifying service, and the information providedthus may be displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 orthe wireless terminal 200.

Different from this, the external service business operator server 310includes a living information providing server. The living informationproviding server provides online cooking lecture information, stockinformation, electric power information, traffic information, or fashioninformation, and the information provided thus may be displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

FIG. 51 illustrates a diagram showing provision of report cardinformation on a child in the present invention, FIG. 52 illustrates adiagram showing provision of school meal menu information on a child inthe present invention, FIG. 53 illustrates a diagram showing provisionof school bus arrival time notifying service in the present invention,and FIG. 54 illustrates a diagram showing provision of news informationin the present invention.

And, FIG. 55 illustrates a diagram showing provision of emergencyservice information in the present invention, FIG. 56 illustrates adiagram showing provision of online cooking lecture information in thepresent invention, FIG. 57 illustrates a diagram showing provision ofstock trading information in the present invention, and FIG. 58illustrates a diagram showing provision of information on living problemsolution in the present invention.

And, FIG. 59 illustrates a diagram showing provision of nearbyrestaurant information service in the present invention, FIG. 60illustrates a diagram showing provision of wine management informationin the present invention, FIG. 61 illustrates a diagram showingprovision of electric charge information in the present invention, andFIG. 64 illustrates a diagram showing provision of traffic informationin the present invention.

And, FIG. 63 illustrates a diagram showing provision of coordinationinformation with reference to a season or weather in the presentinvention, and FIG. 64 illustrates a diagram showing provision ofseasonal menu information with reference to a season or weather in thepresent invention.

Respective embodiments will be described with reference to the attacheddrawings, in detail.

In the meantime, in the information management system illustrated inFIGS. 1 and 2, if an embodiment is discussed, in which the homeappliance 100 and the external service business operator 300 exchangeinformation or a signal through the server system 1, as a preconditionof information exchange between the home appliance 100 and the serversystem 1, an authentication procedure is required between the serversystem 1 and the home appliance 100.

The authentication may be performed, if the home appliance 100 accessesto the server system 1, as the server system 1 requests the homeappliance 10 to authenticate the home appliance 100, and the usermanipulates the input unit in the home appliance 100 to inputinformation (The user ID, password, and other authentication numbers)required for the authentication.

As described before, in the embodiment, it is preferable that theexternal service business operator server 310 is the living informationproviding server.

Hereafter, a reference number 310 denotes the external service businessoperator server or the living information providing server.

If the user requests to provide necessary information through the inputunit 103, mutual authentication and information exchange between theexternal service business operator server and the home appliance 100 ismade through the server system 1.

The user may input the user's ID and password to fulfill userauthentication.

Upon completion of the authentication, the external service businessoperator server 310 provides various living information, and theinformation provided thus is displayed on the display unit in the homeappliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200 of theuser.

FIG. 51 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide child reportcard notification service between the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 and a school server which is one of the living informationproviding servers 310 that are the external service business operatorservers 310.

That is, the user requests the school server to provide report cardnotification by using the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200. Then, the school server requests the user to authenticate the user,and the user may input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the school server provides thereport card of the child related to user's input information, and theinformation provided thus is displayed on the display unit in the homeappliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200.

FIG. 52 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide school mealmenu information between the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200 and a school server which is one of the living information providingservers 310 that are the external service business operator servers.

That is, the user requests the school server to send school meal menu byusing the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200. Then, theschool server requests the user to authenticate the user, and the usermay input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the school server provides theschool meal menu, and the information provided thus is displayed on thedisplay unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200.

FIG. 53 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide school busarrival time notifying service between the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200 and the school server.

That is, the user requests the school server to provide the school busarrival time notifying service by using the home appliance 100 or thewireless terminal 200. Then, the school server requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the school server requests theuser to input a user's position, and the user may input the presentposition.

When the input is completed, the school server communicates with thecommunication unit in the school bus to request the communication unitof present position information, and the communication unit in theschool bus informs the school server of the present position.

The school server transmits a remained time period until the school busarrives to the user's position, taking the position information receivedfrom the school bus, the present traffic information, and the user'sposition information into account.

The information on the school bus arrival time transmitted thus isdisplayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or the displayunit in the wireless terminal 200.

FIG. 54 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide news betweenthe home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and a news serverwhich is one of the external service business operator servers 310.

That is, the user requests the news server to provide the news by usingthe home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the news server requests the user to authenticate the user, andthe user may input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the news server requests the userto input an interested field, and if the user sets and inputs theinterested field according to the request, the news server provides newson the interested field, and the news information provided thus may bedisplayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or the displayunit in the wireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 55 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide an emergencyservice contact between the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200 and the server 310.

That is, the user selects emergency service by using home appliance 100or the wireless terminal 200, and requests an emergency service businessoperator server 310 which is one of the living information providingservers 310 to provide information on the emergency service contactselected thus by using the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200.

Then, the emergency service business operator server provides emergencyservice contact information, and, if the user tries telephone call byusing the input unit in the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200, the telephone call may be connected to an emergency serviceprovider to have necessary service.

FIG. 56 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide onlinecooking lecture service between the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 and the living information service business operatorserver.

That is, the user requests the living information service businessoperator server to provide the online cooking lecture service by usingthe home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200. Then, the livinginformation service business operator server requests the user toauthenticate the user, and the user may input the user's ID andpassword, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the living information servicebusiness operator server requests the user to input necessary service.

If the user inputs the necessary service according to the request, theserver 310 provides the online cooking lecture service, and theinformation provided thus may be displayed on the display unit in thehome appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200 ofthe user.

FIG. 57 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide stockbuy/sell signal service between the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 and a stock buy/sell information server which is one of theliving information providing servers 310. That is, the user requests theliving information providing server to provide the stock buy/sell signalservice by using the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

Then, the server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user, and theuser may input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly. Upon completion of the authentication, thestock buy/sell service server requests the user to input a stock itemname or code.

If the user inputs the stock item name or code according to the request,the stock buy/sell information service server 310 provides stock buy orsell signal information of the stock inputted thus, and the informationprovided thus may be displayed on the display unit in the home appliance100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 58 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide livingproblem solving service between the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 and the living information providing server 310.

That is, the user requests the living information providing server 310to provide the living problem solving service by using the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200. Then, the server 310requests the user to authenticate the user, and the user may input theuser's ID and password, to fulfill the user authentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 requests the userto input the problem the user faces.

If the user inputs the problem the user faces according to the request,the server 310 provides service of solving the problem, and theinformation provided thus may be displayed on the display unit in thehome appliance 100 or the display unit in the wireless terminal 200 ofthe user.

That is, referring to FIG. 58, if a pipe from a sink is blocked causingdraining through the pipe poor, by inputting the problem, and as theserver 310 provides a solution (Calling a plumber, or a piping problemsolving method) on the problem, convenience of the user may be devised.

FIG. 59 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide wine storageinformation between the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200and the living information providing server 310. That is, the user readsin a tag attached to a wine bottle with a reader provided to the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200, and transmits the same tothe server 310.

Then, the server 310 reads information on the wine and provides thestorage information according to property of the wine. And, if theserver 310 is provided to control a wine storage home appliance 100, theserver 310 may transmit information for controlling a storageenvironment according to the storage information.

FIG. 60 illustrates an embodiment which enables to embody an interactiveenvironment by transmitting/receiving a vocal signal among the user, thehome appliance 100, and the living information providing server 310.

If the user sends the vocal signal to the home appliance 100, the homeappliance 100 perceives and analyzes the vocal signal, and transmitsinformation on the analysis to the server 310.

The server 310 analyzes the vocal signal information of the user, andprovides vocal information matched to the vocal signal. The vocalinformation is transmitted to the user in voice through the homeappliance 100.

In the meantime, if the home appliance 100 is a product which manages orprocessing food, such as a refrigerator or a cooking machine, the usermay request to provide a recipe or a food management method. If the userrequests to provide such information in voice, the home appliance 100perceives the vocal signal, and transmits the same to the server 310.

If the server 310 analyzes the user's vocal signal, and re-arrangescontents the user requires, and sends the contents re-arranged thus tothe home appliance 100, the home appliance 100 transmits the contents tothe user in voice.

FIG. 61 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide electriccharge information between the home appliance 100 or the wirelessterminal 200 and the living information providing server 310.

That is, the user requests the server 310 to provide the electric chargeinformation by using the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200. Then, the server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user,and the user may input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 provides theelectric charge information, and an optimal operation time period foreach of the home appliances 100, and the information provided thus maybe displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or thedisplay unit in the wireless terminal 200 of the user.

According to this, the user can operate the home appliance 100 in theoptimal operation time band according to the electric charge, enablingto reduce power consumption.

FIG. 62 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide trafficinformation and optimal means of transportation between the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and a traffic informationserver which is one of the living information providing servers 310.

That is, the user requests the server 310 to provide the trafficinformation by using the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200. Then, the server 310 requests the user to authenticate the user,and the user may input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 requests the userto input a point of departure and a destination by using the homeappliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200.

If the user inputs the point of departure and the destination accordingto the request, the server 310 provides present traffic information, andthe recommendable means of transportation, and the information providedthus may be displayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 orthe display unit in the wireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 63 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide recommendablestreet clothes coordination information according to weather informationbetween the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and theliving information providing server 310.

That is, the user requests the server 310 to provide a recommendablestreet clothes coordination according to the weather information byusing the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200. Then, theserver 310 requests the user to authenticate the user, and the user mayinput the user's ID and password, to fulfill the user authentication,accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 provides therecommendable street clothes coordination information based on theweather information, and the information provided thus may be displayedon the display unit in the home appliance 100 or the display unit in thewireless terminal 200 of the user.

FIG. 64 illustrates an embodiment which enables to provide food anddrink menus proper to the present season according to a seasonal changebetween the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal 200 and theliving information providing server 310.

That is, the user requests the server 310 to provide seasonal menuinformation by using the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200.

Then, the server requests the user to authenticate the user, and theuser may input the user's ID and password, to fulfill the userauthentication, accordingly.

Upon completion of the authentication, the server 310 provides theseasonal menu information, and the information provided thus may bedisplayed on the display unit in the home appliance 100 or the displayunit in the wireless terminal 200 of the user.

The user can select a particular item from the seasonal menus providedon the display unit in the home appliance 100 or the wireless terminal200, and once selected, the server 310 may provide recipe information orfood material information of the particular menu selected thus.

Although embodiments have been described with reference to a number ofillustrative embodiments thereof, it should be understood that numerousother modifications and embodiments can be devised by those skilled inthe art that will fall within the spirit and scope of the principles ofthis disclosure. More particularly, various variations and modificationsare possible in the component parts and/or arrangements of the subjectcombination arrangement within the scope of the disclosure, the drawingsand appended claims. In addition to variations and modifications in thecomponent parts and/or arrangements, alternative uses will also beapparent to those skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:
 1. An information management system for a homeappliance comprising: a home appliance having a communication unit, adisplay unit, and a predetermined device ID; a wireless terminal havinga communication unit for communication with the communication unit inthe home appliance and a display unit, the wireless terminal interlockedwith the home appliance for receiving information or a signal generatedat the home appliance, or transmitting information or a signal generatedat the wireless terminal in a direction of the home appliance; and aserver system provided to be able to communicate with the home applianceand the wireless terminal, the server system having the device ID storedtherein, wherein the communication unit in the home appliance and thecommunication unit in the wireless terminal receive/transmit a signalafter a mutual authentication procedure between the home appliance andthe wireless terminal and the server system is completed, and theinformation or signal generated at the home appliance is displayed onthe display unit in the wireless terminal, or the information or signalgenerated at the wireless terminal is displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance, or changes operational state of the home appliance.2. The information management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein thewireless terminal further includes an input unit, wherein, by theinformation or signal inputted through the input unit in the wirelessterminal, the home appliance is remotely controlled, or a stateinformation of the home appliance is displayed on the display unit inthe wireless terminal.
 3. The information management system as claimedin claim 2, wherein the home appliance includes a cooking machine or awashing machine, and if the user sets an operation condition through theinput unit in the wireless terminal, the cooking machine or the washingmachine is driven according to the operation condition, and if theoperation of the cooking machine or the washing machine is finished, thecooking machine or the washing machine informs the wireless terminal ofthe operation finish.
 4. The information management system as claimed inclaim 1, further comprising an input unit in the home appliance,wherein, if it is set to generate predetermined information or signaland transmit the same to the wireless terminal with the input unit inthe home appliance, the information or signal is displayed on thedisplay unit in the wireless terminal.
 5. The information managementsystem as claimed in claim 4, wherein the information is scheduleinformation or message information.
 6. The information management systemas claimed in claim 1, further comprising an input unit in the homeappliance, wherein, if it is set to generate a signal which requestsposition information on the wireless terminal and transmit the signal tothe wireless terminal with the input unit in the home appliance, theposition signal is transmitted from the wireless terminal in a directionof the home appliance, and a position of the wireless terminal isdisplayed on the display unit in the home appliance.
 7. The informationmanagement system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the home applianceincludes a refrigerator, and if any one of the refrigerator and thewireless terminal is manipulated to generate or update already storedfood information or a shopping wish list information, the already storedfood information or the shopping wish list information is transmitted tothe other one of the refrigerator and the wireless terminal.
 8. Theinformation management system as claimed in claim 7, wherein, if aphotograph of a product intended to put in the wish list is taken with acamera and the product taken is recognized, the wish list is updatedaccording to a result of the recognition, and, if there is transmissionrequest, the wish list updated thus is transmitted to the wirelessterminal and displayed thereon.
 9. The information management system asclaimed in claim 7, wherein, if the wireless terminal recognizes areceipt of a product the user bought, information on bought goods on thereceipt is transmitted to the refrigerator, and the refrigeratorgenerates or updates a stored goods list to which the bought goods arereflected.
 10. The information management system as claimed in claim 7,wherein the refrigerator generates an expected wish list taking a buypattern or period of the user into account, and, if the user selectsgoods from the expected wish list, the wish list is updated to includethe goods selected thus, and the wish list updated thus is transmittedto the wireless terminal.
 11. The information management system asclaimed in claim 1, further comprising a sensor unit provided to thehome appliance, wherein if it is set to sense a malfunction of the homeappliance with the sensor unit, and a data sensed thus is transmitted tothe wireless terminal, the malfunction of the home appliance isdisplayed on the display unit in the wireless terminal.
 12. Theinformation management system as claimed in claim 1, further comprisingan input unit provided to the wireless terminal, a camera provided tothe home appliance, and a driving unit for moving the home appliance,wherein, if an order for monitoring and photograph taking a space thehome appliance is installed thereto is inputted with the input unit inthe wireless terminal, the driving unit in the home appliance and thecamera are operated to take a photograph of the space, and an image orvideo taken thus is transmitted to the wireless terminal.
 13. Aninformation management system for a home appliance comprising: a homeappliance having an input unit, a display unit, a communication unit,and a predetermined ID; a server system having the ID of the homeappliance recorded thereon, and provided to enable to communicate withthe home appliance for enabling to exchange predetermined informationwith the home appliance according to request from the home appliancerelated to the ID already recorded; and a wireless terminal providedwith a communication unit provided to enable to communicate with thehome appliance, an input unit, and a display unit, and synchronized withthe home appliance, wherein the home appliance and the wireless terminalare provided to communicate with a predetermined external servicebusiness operator server through the server system, and if the userrequests the external service business operator server to provideinformation through the home appliance or the wireless terminal, aftermutual authentication between the home appliance or the wirelessterminal and the server system or the external service business operatorserver is completed, the external service business operator servertransmits information requested thus to the home appliance or thewireless terminal.
 14. The information management system as claimed inclaim 13, wherein the external service business operator server includesa shopping information providing server, wherein the shoppinginformation providing server provides product sale information, optimalshopping movement path information, recipe information, productinformation required for the recipe, seasonal fruit sale information, ordiscount coupon information according to information providing requestfrom the user, and the information is displayed on the display unit inthe home appliance or the wireless terminal.
 15. The informationmanagement system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the external servicebusiness operator server includes a restaurant information providingserver, wherein the restaurant information providing server providesrestaurant information, restaurant price information, and recommendablerestaurant information according to user's request for information, andthe information is displayed on the display unit in the home applianceor the wireless terminal.
 16. The information management system asclaimed in claim 13, wherein the external service business operatorserver includes a health care business operator server, wherein thehealth care business operator server provides allergy causing foodinformation related to the user, medicine intaking time information,treatment guide information according to kinds of accidents, health foodinformation related to a particular symptom, medicine in takinginstruction information related to prescription, information matched toa number of weeks of pregnancy, restaurant information related to ahealth menu, or recommendable dish and recipe information matched to thehealth information, and the information provided thus is displayed onthe display unit in the home appliance or the wireless terminal.
 17. Theinformation management system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the homeappliance includes a washing machine, and the external service businessoperator server includes a weather information providing server, whereinthe weather information providing server provides optimal washing timepoint information related to weather, recommendable spinning RPMinformation, and drying information, and the information is displayed onthe display unit of the washing machine or the wireless terminal, andthe washing machine is controlled according to the information providedthus, automatically.
 18. The information management system as claimed inclaim 13, wherein the home appliance includes an air cleaner, and theexternal service business operator server includes a weather informationproviding server, wherein the weather information providing serverprovides yellow sand information, the information is displayed on thedisplay unit in the air cleaner or the wireless terminal, and the aircleaner is operated during a yellow sand warning period according to theinformation provided thus, automatically.
 19. The information managementsystem as claimed in claim 13, wherein the external service businessoperator server includes a school information providing server, whereinthe school information providing server provides grade information,school meal menu information, or school bus arrival time notifyingservice, and the information provided thus is displayed on the displayunit in the home appliance or the wireless terminal.
 20. The informationmanagement system as claimed in claim 13, wherein the external servicebusiness operator server includes a living information providing server,wherein the living information providing server provides online cookinglecture information, stock information, electric power information,traffic information, or fashion information, and the informationprovided thus is displayed on the display unit in the home appliance orthe wireless terminal.